NZC: New Zealand U19 squad selected for World Cup qualifiers

New Zealand U19 squad selected: The next generation of New Zealand’s cricketing talent has been selected to contest the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualifiers in Darwin in June.

The Darwin tournament represents the East Asia Pacific qualifying route to the next ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup, to be hosted by Sri Lanka in 2024.

The 14-strong New Zealand Under 19 squad blends a host of players who represented their Major Associations at the recent National Under 19 tournament in Lincoln, with the next cycle of under 19-aged players coming through the New Zealand Cricket age group system.

Assistant coach Paul Wiseman said :-

Assistant coach Paul Wiseman said a high standard of performances at age group national tournaments guided selection.

“We’ve picked players off the back of performances from the Under 19 and Under 17 national tournaments, and the Under 17 cohort in particular boasted a pretty high standard, so it’s great to see a couple of those young guys get this chance.”

The youngest in the squad are 16-year-old :-

The youngest in the squad are 16-year-olds Tom Jones and Snehit Reddy, who were among the top run-scorers at the Under 17 national tournament.

The squad includes Otago leg-spinning allrounder Zac Cumming, son of Craig and brother of Jacob.

The 18-year-old was a standout for Otago at the National Under 19 tournament, finishing as the third-equal top wicket-taker.

The top team will qualifying for the World Cup :-

The squad will join Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu in the qualifying pool, with the top team qualifying for the World Cup.

New Zealand U19 Squad (Men) :-

Ben Breitmeyer (Canterbury)
Sam Clode (Northern Districts)
Zac Cumming (Otago)
Rahman Hekmat (Auckland)
Oscar Jackson (Wellington)
Tom Jones (Auckland)
Josh Olliver (Auckland)
Cameron Paul (Canterbury)
Snehit Reddy (Northern Districts)
Ewald Schreuder (Northern Districts)
Lachie Stackpole (Auckland)
Ollie Tewatiya (Wellington)
Alex Thompson (Wellington)
Ryan Tsourgas (Wellington)

Reserves:

Connor Stewart (Canterbury)
Will Julian (Wellington)
Matt Rowe (Central Districts)
Mason Clarke (Otago)

The squad will be led by :-

The squad will be led by head coach Jonny Bassett-Graham, with support from Graeme Aldridge (bowling coach) and Paul Wiseman (assistant coach).

New Zealand Under 19 will take part in three training camps at New Zealand Cricket’s High Performance Centre in Lincoln starting tomorrow, before departing for Australia on June 9.

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